7:30 pm: The Art of IsadoraLori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company

September 2nd

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​In case of inclement weather, please call the UPAC ArtsLine at 914-375-3435 to learn if there will be a rain site.

September 10, 2017Mehregan took place on Sunday, September 10, from 5:00pm to 9:30pm. ​​Guests celebrated the holiday at Untermyer Gardens, Persepolis-on-Hudson, described by Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, as one of the most beautiful Persian Gardens in the world. The event page can be viewed here: Mehregan 2017

September 9, 2017The End of Summer Garden Party took place on Wednesday, September 9, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. ​​Presented by the Young Friends of Untermyer Gardens, ​guests enjoyed a special evening celebrating the garden at the height of its seasonal beauty. The event page can be viewed here:End of Summer Garden Party

August 9, 2017The Midsummer Garden Party took place on Wednesday, August 9, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. ​​Presented by the Young Friends of Untermyer Gardens, guests relaxed in the garden and enjoyed hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and music. The event page can be viewed here: The Midsummer Garden Party.

July 22, 2017The Great Houses of Yonkers Lecture took place on Saturday, July 22, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. ​​The second in a series of collaborations between the Hudson River Museum, Untermyer Gardens Conservancy and Wave Hill. HRM Chief Curator Laura Vookles discussed Yonkers’ Gilded Age homes, including the Hudson River Museum’s Glenview Mansion, the John Copcott Mansion, the Ethan Flagg House, and others that no longer stand.

June 10, 2017Great Forgotten Garden Party took place on Saturday, June 10th, from 5:00pm to 10:00pm. Hosted by Atlas Obscura and the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy. In this extravagant evening filled with exploration and performance, visitors entered a hidden world of wonder and beauty inspired by the gardens' architecture, design, history, and lore.

June 20th, 2017​The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy 2017Summer Solstice Sunset Soirée took place June 20th at 6:00 PM, honoring Michael Bakwin and celebrating the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy and the centennial of the gardens.

Lecture: Untermyer Gardens: Its Periods of Glory and Its Sack​Stephen F. Byrns, Founder and President of the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, delivered an illustrated lecture on March 30 at the New York School of Interior Design at 170 East 70 Street, New York, NY 10021at 6:00 PM. This is the centennial year of the creation of the gardens. The lecture will cover the glory days of Samuel Untermyer’s estate, Greystone, when it was internationally recognized as one of the greatest gardens in America, and the location of many spectacular social, horticultural and cultural events.After Untermyer’s death in 1940 and the acquisition of the garden by the City of Yonkers in 1946, the property underwent a long and severe decline, eventually nearly disappearing from public consciousness. Sculptures and ornaments were sacked, and miraculous mosaics left to ruin. A satanic cult was established there, along with the presence of a mass murderer.Archival photographs, videos, documents and eyewitness accounts from these periods were shown.

March 8, 2016Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 6:00pm, Timothy Tilghman, head gardener at the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, delivered a lecture, "Untermyer Gardens: From Pompeii to Paradise--Uncovering a Great American Garden."

Join us as we chart the creation, crescendo, collapse, and recovery of one of America's exceptional landscapes. Discover fantastic gardens that were nearly lost to memory and nature's rapid progression. We will examine Samuel Untermyer's vision, as executed by the Beaux-Arts designer William Welles Bosworth, and the subsequent renown the gardens enjoyed through the mid-1900s. Followed by decades of uncertainty, the grand gardens fell into disrepair or total ruin. Very recently, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Yonkers, has initiated efforts to reclaim this unique garden paradise. ​

The lecture took place at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, located at 225 West 99th Street. The price per ticket was $15.

We invite you to spend an evening with us in Untermyer Park and Gardens as we unveil the first Grand Holiday Illumination of the architecture and plantings of the Walled Garden. After a ceremonial lighting, we will adjourn to the Temple of the Sky to enjoy hot chocolate and seasonal music. After the opening ceremony, the illumination will take place nightly from dusk until 8:00pm through the end of the year. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until January 3rd, there will be hot chocolate and seasonal music in the gardens from 5:30 until 8:00 pm.

On Christmas day and New Years Day the Walled Garden will be open only during the hours they are illuminated: 4pm until 8pm

The people of Yonkers are invited to a special afternoon of free music and refreshments in the gardens as we celebrate another year of partnership between the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy and the City of Yonkers. Come visit what is becoming one of the most spectacular gardens in the country, right here in Yonkers!

Enjoy a free 40 minute tour beginning at 2:20pm and running every twenty minutes. Relax in the gardens with lemonade and cookies. Listen to jazz by the Victor LaGamma Trio in the amphitheater of the Walled Garden. Spend time in the gardens and take in the spectacular views of the Hudson River and the Palisades.

Lecture: The Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Inc. presented a lecture on April 6th in the Cola Community Center located in Untermyer Park and Gardens where Kim Eierman, founder of Ecobeneficial spoke on how the plants you choose and the landscape practices you use can help reduce the impacts of climate change and improve the environment around you. Audience members also heard from Untermyer Gardens Conservancy staff on how they have had to adapt to climate change.

Winter Lecture 2017: Untermyer Gardens: Its Periods of Glory and Its Sack​.Stephen F. Byrns, Founder and President of the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, delivered an illustrated lecture on March 30 at the New York School of Interior Design at 170 East 70 Street, New York, NY 10021at 6:00 PM. This is the centennial year of the creation of the gardens. The lecture will cover the glory days of Samuel Untermyer’s estate, Greystone, when it was internationally recognized as one of the greatest gardens in America, and the location of many spectacular social, horticultural and cultural events.After Untermyer’s death in 1940 and the acquisition of the garden by the City of Yonkers in 1946, the property underwent a long and severe decline, eventually nearly disappearing from public consciousness. Sculptures and ornaments were sacked, and miraculous mosaics left to ruin. A satanic cult was established there, along with the presence of a mass murderer.Archival photographs, videos, documents and eyewitness accounts from these periods were shown.

Grand Holiday Illumination 2016 The opening ceremony took place at 6pm on December 9, 2016. Visitors enjoyed the Walled Garden fully illuminated. After the opening ceremony, the Illumination was open nightly from dusk until 8pm from December 10 until January 8. The Illumination was sponsored by Tony Schwartz, Deborah Pines and The Energy Project. ​Special thanks to Sound Associates.

Mehregan 2016, a celebration of the secular Persian harvest festival in Untermyer Gardens' Walled Garden, the greatest Persian garden in the western hemisphere took place on September 26, 2016.

Yonkers Day 2016 took place on September 11. Thepeople of Yonkers were invited to a special afternoon of free music and refreshments in the gardens as we celebrated another year of partnership between the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy and the City of Yonkers. This event was sponsored by the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy.

​The Untermyer Performing Arts Council's 2016 Worldfest Concert Series began on June 25th and ended September 3. Concerts took place on summer Saturdays at 7:30pm; in case of rain call the Untermyer Performing Arts Council at 914-375-3435 after 2pm on the day of the concert.Information about the concert series and the individual performances as well as other UPAC-sponsored events can be found on the UPAC website or Facebook Page as it is released. ​

The Young Friends of Untermyer Gardens sponsored the first ever End of Summer Garden Party on September 17th,2016. Guests relaxed in the garden and enjoyed food, drinks, and dancing as they soaked up the precious last hours of summer at one of the most spectacular gardens in the world! For more information visit the event website

The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy 2016 Summer Solstice Sunset Soirée took place June 16th from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 6:00pm, Timothy Tilghman, head gardener at the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, delivered a lecture, "Untermyer Gardens: From Pompeii to Paradise--Uncovering a Great American Garden."

Join us as we chart the creation, crescendo, collapse, and recovery of one of America's exceptional landscapes. Discover fantastic gardens that were nearly lost to memory and nature's rapid progression. We will examine Samuel Untermyer's vision, as executed by the Beaux-Arts designer William Welles Bosworth, and the subsequent renown the gardens enjoyed through the mid-1900s. Followed by decades of uncertainty, the grand gardens fell into disrepair or total ruin. Very recently, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Yonkers, has initiated efforts to reclaim this unique garden paradise. ​

The lecture took place at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, located at 225 West 99th Street. The price per ticket was $15.

The 2015 Grand Holiday Illuminationtook place Friday, December 11, 2016 at 6pm. The first Grand Holiday Illumination of the architecture and plantings of the Walled Garden took place in December of 2015. After a ceremonial lighting, visitors adjourned to the Temple of the Sky to enjoy hot chocolate and seasonal music. After the opening ceremony, the illumination took place nightly from dusk until 8:00pm until January 3, 2015. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, free hot chocolate was served by various community groups. On Christmas day and New Years Day the Walled Garden was open only during the hours they are illuminated: 4pm until 8pm.

The people of Yonkers were invited to the 2015 Yonkers Day at Untermyer Park and Gardens on September 26, 2015, a special afternoon of free music and refreshments in the gardens as we celebrated another year of partnership between the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy and the City of Yonkers. This event is co-sponsored by the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, theMayor of Yonkers and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation

The Sarah Lawrence Bluegrass Band, known as “Marshall Field & Co.”, has been playing their brand of bluegrass music since 2007. Bluegrass has a storied history in the greater New York area, and MF&C takes advantage of this history in their repertoire and style. This year’s edition features Sam Wipf, Niva Alush, and June Jungreis on acoustic guitar, Evan Cordes on mandolin, Eli Ben-Yaacov on resophonic guitar, Lucy Kahn on upright bass, and Daniel Conant on 5-string banjo.

Dawn of New York and FIT Urban Studio PresentSunday, May 4 2014 - 3:00 pmThe City of Yonkers' will have a first of its kind fashion show at Untermyer Gardens on Sunday, May 4th at 3pm. Dawn Notaro, a Fashion Institute of Technology alum and owner of Dawn of New York teamed up with FIT's Urban Studio, Torche Galerie and JS Creative to put together a spectacular fashion show at the breathtaking Untermyer Gardens to end your Yonkers Arts Weekend